HMD Global started rolling out Android 8.0 Oreo beta update for the Nokia 8 smartphone last month. As promised, it has started rolling out the final Android Oreo update for the phone today. The company already promised to offer Oreo update for all its Android smartphones. Continue reading “Nokia 8 Android 8.0 Oreo update starts rolling out”
Apple introduced the Apple TV 4K at its event in San Francisco back in September. It went on sale in India recently starting at Rs. 15,900, but we managed to pick one from the U.S. where it starts at US$ 179 (Rs. 11,580 approx.). Check out the unboxing video below.
Facebook is reportedly working on a new way to tag your friends in the comments and the feature is currently hidden and is being under testing. To tag your friends you just need to type @ followed by his/her name. Continue reading “Facebook said to be working on a new shortcut to tag friends in comments”
Back when Apple launched the iPhone X, Samsung mocked it with an Ad taking all the past features that Apple iPhones were missing leading back to the iPhone X top-notch. Now it is Moto who takes a dig at Samsung with their Projector mod for the Moto Z2 series. Continue reading “Motorola takes a dig at Samsung’s iPhone X parody with ‘up-upgrade’ Moto Z2 ad”
Hong Kong-based Infinix launched its top-end Infinix Zero 5 andZero 5 Pro smartphones in India. Here we have the unboxing of the Zero 5.
Goods and Services Tax (GST) was revised for some products in India earlier this month. Xiaomi today slashed the price of most of its accessories in the country. This includes Power Banks, Mi Charger, Mi Car Charger, USB Cable, Cases and Screen Protectors. Price cut vary depending on the device starting from Rs. 20 for USB Fan and screen protectors and goes up to Rs. 200 for the 20000mAh Mi Power Bank 2. Check out the list below.
Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi accessories get a price cut in India”
Uber and Mahindra have partnered to introduce electric vehicles in India to build the next generation sustainable solutions in the shared mobility space. The Initiative will start with hundreds of Mahindra’s electric vehicles initially deployed in Hyderabad and New Delhi in Phase I, which then will be followed by other cities. Continue reading “Uber and Mahindra team up to deploy electric vehicles in India”
OnePlus 5T went on sale earlier this week running OxygenOS 4.7.1. The company has rolled out a new OxygenOS 4.7.2 update that brings optimization for fingerprint and face unlock also improves screen off gestures and EIS during 4K video recording. It also fixes KRACK WP2 Wi-Fi protocol vulnerability. Check out the complete changelog below.
Sony just launched range of headphones at an event in India that includes headband style WH-1000XM2 and h.ear on 2 Wireless NC (WH-H900N), behind-the-neck style WI-1000X, and the truly wireless WF-1000X earbuds. All these have noise-cancellation technology, but the WH-1000XM2, WI-1000X and WF-1000X come with world’s first Adaptive Sound Control feature, which recognize the user’s actions and automatically switch the noise cancellation feature on or off, in accordance with the usage situation. Continue reading “Sony WI-1000X, WH-1000XM2, WH-H900N wireless noise cancelling headphones, WF-1000X earbuds launched in India”
People either love MIUI or hate it, there is nothing in between, people who love MIUI usually complaint about the MIUI notification panel because it did not support basic stock Android features like Quick reply and had painful two finger swipe down gesture to expand notifications. At MIUI 9 launch, Xiaomi announced the New Notification Panel to address these issues, and now with MIUI 9 Global Beta 7.11.23 update users can enjoy Quick reply and Bundled notification features on their Xiaomi devices. Continue reading “MIUI 9 brings new Notification Shade with Bundled Notifications and Quick Replies”
Google’s Product Manager, Michelle today has announced that the company has started rolling out more accurate battery life estimates which some of the users have started noticing in the past few days. This wasn’t the case earlier where it used to show simple (mostly inaccurate) battery estimates. Continue reading “Google rolls out more accurate Pixel battery life estimates with personalised on-device model”
Facebook is again copying a feature from Snapchat and this time it is Streak count as a handful of users have started reporting that they’ve been seeing this feature, so Facebook might be testing this feature for some time. Facebook has confirmed the same with Mashable when asked. Continue reading “Facebook is testing Snapchat-like Streak feature on Messsenger”
Twitter started working on the “save for later” feature a while ago, and now the company has given the feature a name; it is called Bookmarks which is currently under testing. This news is being confirmed from Tina Koyama, a staff product designer at the company. Continue reading “Twitter testing Bookmarks feature to privately flag Tweets for later”
It would be fair to say that Xiaomi has become a favorite amongst the Indian audience over the last three years. Today, the company is amongst the largest smartphone players in the country and enjoys a 23.5 percent market share. Over the last year. Since 2015, the company has made massive strides towards manufacturing their smartphones in India. Owing to the existing tax structures, it has allowed the company to reduce pricing drastically which has been instrumental in their onslaught against the likes of Micromax and Intex. The company is known to have razor-thin margins on their smartphones which makes their accessory line up all the more important to drive bottom lines. With the launch of the new production facility in Noida in collaboration with Hipad, the company is no longer dependent on the import model which will have massive ramifications on price competitiveness and capacity. Continue reading “In Pictures: Xiaomi India’s Power Bank Plant in Noida”
Flipkart launched the Billion Capture+ smartphone under its new Billion brand this month, in an aim to take on Xiaomi, Tenor and others. Flipkart also said that the smartphone is ‘Made in India’ and it is ‘Made for India’. It has a solid on-paper specifications that includes 5.5-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass screen, Snapdragon 625, dual 13-megapixel rear cameras and support for fast charging at a competitive price tag of Rs. 10,999. Is it worth the price? Let us find out in the review.
